Sarah Rose Cavanagh
@sarosecav.bsky.social
Psychologist. Sr Assoc Director Teaching & Learning @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social. Author of SPARK OF LEARNING, HIVEMIND, & MIND OVER MONSTERS
Writes about emotions, teaching, brains. Enjoys speculative fiction, Halloween, and the sea. sarahrosecav.com
Writes about emotions, teaching, brains. Enjoys speculative fiction, Halloween, and the sea. sarahrosecav.com
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I'm a psychologist studying emotions, learning, equity, & mental health in higher education; a writer of creative nonfiction; a thespian (president of a high school drama society); and love brains, dogs, Halloween, and the natural world.
I'm a psychologist studying emotions, learning, equity, & mental health in higher education; a writer of creative nonfiction; a thespian (president of a high school drama society); and love brains, dogs, Halloween, and the natural world.
Beautifully written account of (in part) what we lose when we defund and devalue the humanities
"When offered a poem, and time, and attention, and good faith, my students offered their own arguments back as if they had been waiting their whole lives for the chance; they reciprocated my trust many times over." www.bostonreview.net/articles/the... by @johannawinant.bsky.social
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Beautifully written account of (in part) what we lose when we defund and devalue the humanities
"When offered a poem, and time, and attention, and good faith, my students offered their own arguments back as if they had been waiting their whole lives for the chance; they reciprocated my trust many times over." www.bostonreview.net/articles/the... by @johannawinant.bsky.social
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"When offered a poem, and time, and attention, and good faith, my students offered their own arguments back as if they had been waiting their whole lives for the chance; they reciprocated my trust many times over." www.bostonreview.net/articles/the... by @johannawinant.bsky.social
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christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
I guess longwindedness is genetic
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I guess longwindedness is genetic
Inexplicably suddenly craving a Fringe rewatch
a man is holding a playing card in front of a woman who is looking at him
Alt: a man is holding a playing card in front of a woman who is looking at him
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Inexplicably suddenly craving a Fringe rewatch
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The trio of octogenarian nuns gained global fame after fleeing their care home and breaking into their former convent.
Austria's rebel nuns refuse to give up Instagram to stay in their convent
The trio of octogenarian nuns gained global fame after fleeing their care home and breaking into their former convent. Now their superior has asked the Vatican to intercede in the dispute.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The trio of octogenarian nuns gained global fame after fleeing their care home and breaking into their former convent.
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
Wrapped is unwrapped!
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Wrapped is unwrapped!
In my Motivation & Emotion class we set a goal for the semester & check in periodically as new material sheds light on how to progress.
One of my students just sent me a pic of their completed goal - a quilt from scratch - and their partner wearing it on a woods hike.
Never let me stop teaching 💓
One of my students just sent me a pic of their completed goal - a quilt from scratch - and their partner wearing it on a woods hike.
Never let me stop teaching 💓
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In my Motivation & Emotion class we set a goal for the semester & check in periodically as new material sheds light on how to progress.
One of my students just sent me a pic of their completed goal - a quilt from scratch - and their partner wearing it on a woods hike.
Never let me stop teaching 💓
One of my students just sent me a pic of their completed goal - a quilt from scratch - and their partner wearing it on a woods hike.
Never let me stop teaching 💓
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Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
Without citing Kenneth Branagh, name a Shakespeare adaptation.
(I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
(I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Without citing Kenneth Branagh, name a Shakespeare adaptation.
(I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
(I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
Tree selected, snow is falling
a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
Alt: a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Tree selected, snow is falling
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen (if this isn’t a “date yourself” post I don’t know what is)-
Tom Petty
Queensychre
Phish
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
Tom Petty
Queensychre
Phish
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen (if this isn’t a “date yourself” post I don’t know what is)-
Tom Petty
Queensychre
Phish
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
Tom Petty
Queensychre
Phish
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
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Amazon who? @bookshop.org has free shipping all weekend!
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Amazon who? @bookshop.org has free shipping all weekend!
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What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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Incredible and enviable and with alt-text
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Incredible and enviable and with alt-text
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: I need a name for this prince *writes down "Jeffrey"* but I need all of my readers to hate him immediately *changes the e to an o* nailed it
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: I need a name for this prince *writes down "Jeffrey"* but I need all of my readers to hate him immediately *changes the e to an o* nailed it
kiddo is home from college and her singing is reverberating through the house my happiest place
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
kiddo is home from college and her singing is reverberating through the house my happiest place
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Ugh, do you ever read a beautiful sentence and both feel blessed to have read it and also filled to the gills with despair because that's never coming out of your pen/pencil/word processor?
No?
Oh yea, no, me neither.
No?
Oh yea, no, me neither.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Ugh, do you ever read a beautiful sentence and both feel blessed to have read it and also filled to the gills with despair because that's never coming out of your pen/pencil/word processor?
No?
Oh yea, no, me neither.
No?
Oh yea, no, me neither.